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UNESCO never acknowledges the two-sided nature of regional disputes—Israel is always vilified and the need for protecting the rights of the Israeli people is never taken into account. Particularly, Palestinian teaching of anti-Jewish violence and hatred, neglect of responsibility for holy sites, and encouragement of boycotts even against Israel's broadly inclusive academic, commercial, and cultural institutions all go unaddressed by UNESCO.
"The adoption of these resolutions again reveals the unbalanced nature of deliberations on the Arab-Israeli conflict within international policy-making forums," B'nai B'rith International President Dennis W. Glick said. "Sanctioned discrimination against Israel is undoubtedly intended to isolate her from the global community."
"I commend the United States for its opposition to these vitriolic attacks against Israel," B'nai B'rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin said. "UNESCO's exploitation by hostile member states serves to undermine the very principles at the core of its purpose, as well as the peace process."
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Vernon S. Lutrick, 81, of Malvern passed away Saturday January 19, 2013.
Vernon was born January 23, 1931 in Sonora, LA to Bruce and Lessie (Truitt) Lutrick.
Vernon loved his kids and his grandkids. One of Vernon's favorite hobbies was fixing his kids cars. Vernon loved his church family at Happy Hollow Full Gospel Church. He was also a veteran who served our country in the National Guard.
Vernon is predeceased by his wife of 60 years Wilma Lee Lutrick; sons: Stanley Lutrick, and Mark Lutrick; two sisters: Lucille Ledbetter, and Lavern Boyles; two brothers: Elza Lutrick, and Hodge Lutrick; two granddaughters: Rene` Rhoades-Phar, and Lisa Valdes; and one grandson Roy Allen Rhoades Jr.
Vernon is survived by two sons: Robert Lutrick of Malvern, AR, and Randy Lutrick of Malvern, AR; four daughters: Eva (Jim) Connelly of Tulare, CA, Kathleen (Roger) Rhoades Nelson of Malvern, AR, Marilyn (Rick) Grossman of Lake Tahoe, CA, and Cheryl (Bill) Adams of Malvern, AR; one brother Ray Lutrick of Marlow, OK; three sisters: Nellie (Bob) Beall of Modesto, CA, Evelyn Morris of Porterville, CA, and Alva Nell Patton of Porterville, CA; twenty six grandchildren; twenty two great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and his dogs he loved so: Lucy and Duke.
Visitation will be held on Thursday January 24, 2013 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at Atkinson Chapel. Funeral Services will be held on Friday January 25, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Happy Hollow Full Gospel Church with Pastor Lloyd White officiating. Interment will be at Rockport Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Bill Adams, Roger Nelson, Joe Wilson, Chris Adams, Billy Adams, and Salvador Valdes.
Arrangements entrusted to Atkinson Funeral Home of Malvern, AR. Guests may register at www.atkinsonfuneralhome.net.


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BETHALTO, Ill. (KMOV.com) -- The Major Case Squad has taken a person into custody in the case of a woman found dead along Interstate 255, according to a release Sunday night.
Tabitha Milton-Rush, 44, of St. Louis was found dead Saturday morning in an embankment along Interstate 255 in Bethalto, Ill.
Bethalto police responded to a caller who reported finding a body about one mile north of Illinois Route 140 around 9 a.m. Police began their investigation, and the woman was pronounced dead at 9:51 a.m.
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The cease-fire that went into effect Wednesday between Israel and Hamas did little to erase in immediate terms the physical destruction that had been visited upon this tiny coastal strip of land over the past eight days.
At the Palestine Hotel on the seafront in Gaza City, shards of glass from imploding windows littered the floors on several levels. The reception area showed major damage, with shattered windows and debris strewn throughout the lounge. And it hadn't even been hit by an Israeli bomb; the target of the F-16 that brought such disarray at 2 a.m. Wednesday had been a Palestinian rocket squad setting up more than 200 yards away.
Gaza broke into wild celebration Wednesday night with the announcement that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a cease-fire. Thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate what everyone said was a Hamas victory. Young women ululated, children waved Palestinian flags and young men sitting on the back of pickups fired round after round into the air in celebration of what they say had been their ability to stand up to Israel's immense military power. The cease-fire terms, they said, were favorable to them.
"This is different from the last war over Gaza when there were no celebrations in the street," said one of the young men, Mohammed Abu Qeef. "This time we are not kneeling before Israel and they can't dictate their terms to us. We have shown that we, too, can exact a political and military price from Israel. Our rockets reached into Tel Aviv."
It was a far cry from the mood of agitation, fear and anger that had ruled here just hours earlier. Then, people were expecting major payback for the bombing of an Israeli bus in Tel Aviv that wounded at least 15 people, but miraculously killed no one. The cease-fire, one Gaza policeman speculated, saved Gaza. "Things could have gone even crazier, in response to the Tel Aviv operation," he observed, asking not to be identified because he had not been authorized to talk to a reporter.
The silence that fell across this city at 9 p.m., when the cease-fire went into effect, and the raucous celebration that followed, stood in contrast to what had been a day of artillery rounds and aerial strikes that a visitor was only too aware of traveling the length of this narrow strip.
At the Rafah border, which divides Gaza from Egypt's Sinai, the pounding of artillery could be heard at 4 a.m. A fleet of Egyptian ambulances crossed into Gaza to bring the wounded back to Egypt. Nervous Palestinian border officials insisted that journalists entering Gaza sign indemnity forms, taking full responsibility for their own safety.
All along the 25 miles north to Gaza City, the signs of conflict were everywhere. The roads were practically deserted, the shops were closed and the majority of the coastal enclave's 1.5 million people were nowhere to be seen.
Plumes of smoke rose from the Brej and Nusseirat refugee camps; which had been bombed shortly before. Other buildings had been leveled by Israeli shelling: a police station, the Hamas interior ministry, many homes, and a building that had housed foreign journalists.
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Overhead, the roar of fighter jets and the hum of unseen drones lent an eery tension to the darkness.
Then, the cease-fire went into effect, and everything went quiet. Until a cacophony of car horns and celebratory gunfire exploded across the night.
Special correspondent Muhammad Shahin in Gaza City contributed to this report.